Nicolas Cage joins Oliver Stone-directed "The Snowden Files"February 24, 2015 - 11:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Nicolas Cage has joined Oliver Stone-directed "The Snowden Files". The "Knowing" actor is set to play a former U.S. Intelligence Official in the thriller, joining other cast members which include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Zachary Quinto and Melissa Leo among others. As AceShowbiz reports citing Variety, the project is currently filming in Munich. The movie will be based on two books, "Time of the Octopus" by Snowden's lawyer in Russia, Anatoly Kucherena, and "The Snowden Files: The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man" by Guardian journalist Luke Harding. Gordon-Levitt portrays the NSA leaker while Woodley plays his on-screen girlfriend. "Citizenfour", a documentary about Snowden by director Laura Poitras, won Best Documentary trophy at the Sunday, February 22 Oscars. At the event, host Neil Patrick Harris joked that Snowden "couldn't be here for some treason." Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |